Figures and tables included in this chapter are the following:

• Figures
  • 6.1. Environmental impact
  • 6.2. Wheat field during the mechanized harvest
  • 6.3. Percentage of the irrigated area compared to the total cultivated
  • 6.4. Irrigation canal on the right side of the Ebro
  • 6.5. Distribution of world consumption of fertilizers in 2009
  • 6.6. Evolution of ecological agricultural production in Spain (1991-2009)
  • 6.7. People on a beach with the Vandellós II nuclear power plant in the background
  • 6.8. Biomagnification of DDT concentration in an ecosystem
  • 6.10. Main emission sources of industrial SOx, NOx and CH4
  • 6.11. Diagram of acid rain formation (left) and pH of different substances (right)
  • 6.12. CO2 emissions in Spain and Catalonia in 2006 by industrial sectors
  • 6.13. A station of the Air Pollution Monitoring Network , Department of Environment of the Generalitat of Catalonia
• Tables
  • 6.1. Evolution of the intensity in the use of fertilizers in some countries
  • 6.2. Water consumption per products made
  • 6.3. Main sources of air pollutants of industrial origin